In an election destined to be defined by new City Council representatives taking over in many Chicago wards, longtime West Side aldermen are looking to buck the turnover trend and keep their seats.
, both in West Humboldt Park, as two big developments that still need her attention. Both have drawn plenty of controversy since they were announced.
“We need for our elected officials to have these talks with the community and Amazon,” he said. “Our elected officials should be brokering some kind of agreement. And if I become alderman — when I become alderman — I’ll advocate for a CBA to be an ordinance.”Also on the 37th Ward ballot is Braddock, who said he was driven to run in part because he couldn’t get Mitts to help him stop violations his landlord was committing.
But Braddock said that doesn’t mean Mitts has overwhelming local support, pointing out she won in 2019 with fewer than 4,200 votes in a ward with around 50,000 residents. “That’s not running away with nothing,” he said. “That’s voter apathy.” Taliaferro is a former Chicago police sergeant, and he has served as the chairman of the council Public Safety Committee in recent years as it considered such hot-button issues as civilian oversight of the Police Department and attempts to change police warrant procedures in the aftermath of the wrongful raid of Anjanette Young’s home.“Having my experience helped a whole lot,” he said.
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